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Leo V Berger Fund

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$190k
Granted FY2025still arriving
6
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$60k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$1.1MReligion$380kEducation$308kInternational$254kHealth$161kPhilanthropy$125kHuman Services$72kCivil Rights$68kOther$0
02FY2025 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k4 grants · $80k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $110k
$25,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$3.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FRIENDS OF ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES$60,000
FRIENDS OF YAD SARAH$50,000
FRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH INC$25,000
AMERICAN FRIENDS OF YESHIVATH KEREM BEYAVNE INC$25,000
AMERICAN FRIENDS OF JUSTIFI$20,000
AMERICAN FRIENDS OF TZALASH$10,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $107k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%AMERICAN FRIENDS OF TZALASH: $10k → 13%OORAH: $3k → 11%AMERICAN FRIENDS OF INTERNATIONAL YOUNG ISRAEL MOVEMENT: $25k → 13%AHAVAT YISROEL HUMANITY INC: $25k → 20%OORAH: $2k → 11%AHAVAT YISROEL HUMANITY INC: $25k → 20%OORAH: $2k → 11%ART WITH A HEART: $3k → 19%OORAH: $2k → 11%ART WITH A HEART: $3k → 19%OORAH: $1k → 11%HOUSE OF RUTH MARYLAND: $5k → 19%HOUSE OF RUTH MARYLAND: $3k → 19%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
IL
NY
NJ
CT
CA
MD
DC
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

80%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.0M · 30 repeat orgs$508k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +40% since the first grant, against +28% for those funded once.

30 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 26 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

30
25

Total granted

$2.0M
$448k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+40%
+28%

Still filing today

60%
44%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 68% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $60k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesArts & CultureInternationalEducationHealthPhilanthropyOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • FO
    FRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $836k · revenue +383%
  • FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES
    7× · 2017–2025 · $214k · revenue +53%
  • MS
    MCDONOGH SCHOOL INCORPORATED
    2× · 2017–2019 · $175k · revenue +57%

Funded once

  • BT
    BOYS TOWN JERUSALEM FOUNDATION OF AMERICA
    one grant, 2024 · $75k · revenue 0%
  • EM
    EZER MIZION
    one grant, 2023 · $50k · revenue -29%
  • TS
    THE SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF JEWISH EDUCATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $50k · revenue +94% · 65% of their budget
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
University of Judaism Foundation
—
2
American Friends of Yeshiva Aish Hatorah
—
3
American Friends of Ish El Rayahu

To promote, benefit, and support Jewish religious, charitable & educational activities in Israel and the USA.

Religion
4
Sherit Isroel
—
5
American Friends of Yeshivat Hakotel Inc

To support religious, charitable, scientific, literary and/or educational programs

Education
6
Zichron Avrohom Yosef
Philanthropy
7
Yeshiva Ohr Yisroel
Philanthropy
8
Friends of Jerusalem

Friends of Jerusalem's mission is to provide assistance to the needs and indigent living in Jerusalem and all of Israel.

Human Services
9
Moskowitz Prize for Zionism Inc
—
10
American Friends of Torat Eliyahu
Philanthropy
11
American Friends of Oseh Chayil

To further jewish education in israel

Religion
12
American Friends of Israel Emergency Aid Fund

To provide funding for medical and humanitarian projects throughout israel. the organization might make grants to other organizations providing such services, including, but not limited to, evp israel and israel emergency aid fund, israeli…

Public Safety & Disaster
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Ahavat Yisroel Humanity Inc; the most unlike its peers is Everyman Repertory Theatre. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

32 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 32 of the 58 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
32/32
Grantees still filing
25/32
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH INC: $835,500 · Arts & CultureFRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH INCThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $150,000 · Arts & CultureThe United States Holocaust Memorial MuseumMPT FOUNDATION INC: $67,000 · Arts & CultureMPT FOUNDATION INC+2 more: $13,500 · Arts & CultureAISH HATORAH: $177,700 · OtherAISH HATORAHAMERICAN FRIENDS OF YESHIVATH KEREM B'YAVNEH INC: $75,000 · OtherAMERICAN FRIENDS OF YESHIVA…AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE IDF RABBINATE: $50,000 · OtherAMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE IDF…AMERICAN FRIENDS OF IYIM: $36,500 · OtherAMERICAN FRIENDS OF IYIMICPHH: $28,000 · OtherFRIENDS OF LONE SOLDIER: $25,000 · OtherFRIENDS OF ASOR FUND USA INC: $25,000 · OtherASSOCIATED JEWISH CHARITIES: $25,000 · Other+26 more: $163,000 · Other+26 moreFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $214,000 · InternationalFRIENDS OF T…EZER MIZION: $50,000 · InternationalEZER MIZIONCentral Fund of Israel: $10,000 · International+2 more: $13,500 · InternationalMCDONOGH SCHOOL INCORPORATED: $175,000 · EducationMCDONOGH SCH…THE JEMICY SCHOOL INC: $60,500 · EducationTHE JEMICY S…THE SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF JEWISH EDUCATION: $50,000 · EducationTHE SOCIETY …BOYS TOWN JERUSALEM FOUNDATION OF AMERICA: $75,000 · PhilanthropyTHE AMERICAN FRIENDS OF JUSTIFI INC: $50,000 · PhilanthropyPEF ISRAEL ENDOWMENT FUNDS INC: $5,000 · PhilanthropyAHAVAT YISROEL HUMANITY INC: $50,000 · Human ServicesAMERICAN FRIENDS-INTERNATIONAL YOUNG ISRAEL MOVEMENT INC: $25,000 · Human ServicesAMERICAN FRIENDS OF TZALASH INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesOORAH INC: $9,400 · Human ServicesTHE HOUSE OF RUTH MARYLAND INC: $7,500 · Human ServicesArt With a Heart Inc: $5,000 · Human ServicesFRIENDS OF YAD SARAH INC: $50,000 · HealthSINAI HOSPITAL OF BALTIMORE INC: $5,000 · Health
Arts & Culture$1,066,000Other$605,200International$287,500Education$285,500Philanthropy$130,000Human Services$106,900Health$55,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetFRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH INC: $835,500 over 9y, 0.7% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $214,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetMCDONOGH SCHOOL INCORPORATED: $175,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $150,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF YESHIVATH KEREM B'YAVNEH INC: $75,000 over 2y, 6.0% of budgetBOYS TOWN JERUSALEM FOUNDATION OF AMERICA: $75,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetMPT FOUNDATION INC: $67,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetTHE JEMICY SCHOOL INC: $60,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTHE AMERICAN FRIENDS OF JUSTIFI INC: $50,000 over 4y, 13% of budgetEZER MIZION: $50,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetAHAVAT YISROEL HUMANITY INC: $50,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF YAD SARAH INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF JEWISH EDUCATION: $50,000 over 1y, 65% of budgetHOMELESS PERSONS REPRESENTATION PROJECT INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF AACI INC: $17,000 over 2y, 12% of budgetTHE CENTRAL SCHOLARSHIP BUREAU INC: $11,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetPikesville Volunteer Fire Co Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetOORAH INC: $9,400 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MARYLAND FOOD BANK INC: $7,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HOUSE OF RUTH MARYLAND INC: $7,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE JERUSALEM FELLOWSHIPS INC: $6,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetAmerican Zionist Movement Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetPEF ISRAEL ENDOWMENT FUNDS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSINAI HOSPITAL OF BALTIMORE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBALTIMORE MUSEUM OF INDUSTRY INC: $3,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetGOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF THE CHESAPEAKE INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Associated Jewish Cha…Jewish Communal FundThe United Way of Cen…Baltimore Community F…Leo V Berger Foundati…Herbert Bearman Found…The John J Leidy Foun…France-Merrick Founda…Greater Miami Jewish …The Ojc FundT Rowe Price Program …Morgan Stanley Global…
Associated Jewish Charities of BaltimoreMD25.2× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Associated Jewish Charities of Baltimore · Jewish Communal Fund · The United Way of Central Maryland Inc · Baltimore Community Foundation Inc · Leo V Berger Foundation · Herbert Bearman Foundation · The John J Leidy Foundation Inc · France-Merrick Foundation Inc · Greater Miami Jewish Federation Inc · The Ojc Fund · T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Leo V Berger Fund funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Leo V Berger Fund. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 60%5%19%42%75%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • Pikesville Volunteer Fire Co Inc: 32% of income from government
  • The House of Ruth Maryland Inc: 19% of income from government
  • The Maryland Food Bank Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Baltimore Museum of Industry Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Goodwill Industries of the Chesapeake Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Art With a Heart Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Sinai Hospital of Baltimore Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Oorah Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Mcdonogh School Incorporated: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
6get no government money at all
1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Leo V Berger Fund?

Find your warmest path to Leo V Berger Fund through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 58 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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